- Joined
- Jun 1, 2001
- Location
- Tri-Cities, Washington
I just discovered this today. I tested it with the stock hsf, as well as a spare cpu heatsink and a waterblock, all of which have flat bases (or flat enough, as demonstrated by the "blob test").
The middle of the northbridge dips down and makes no contact with the heatsink. When I pull the heatsink off the NB, there is only TIM/goop around the edges, no matter how much pressure I apply. So at best, 50% of the NB makes contact with the heatsink.
I've run this board at 200 FSB since I got it (about a month ago). It's hot as hell in my room (average 80-85 F) but I have not had any problems with instability. So some might say I shouldn't care...
But I do. Is it too much to ask for a flat northbridge? Sheesh.
Is this cause for an RMA? Or is this a common problem? I did a search, pulled up 213 threads from the last 2 years and didn't see anything related.
Any thoughts, comments, please post 'em.
The middle of the northbridge dips down and makes no contact with the heatsink. When I pull the heatsink off the NB, there is only TIM/goop around the edges, no matter how much pressure I apply. So at best, 50% of the NB makes contact with the heatsink.
I've run this board at 200 FSB since I got it (about a month ago). It's hot as hell in my room (average 80-85 F) but I have not had any problems with instability. So some might say I shouldn't care...
But I do. Is it too much to ask for a flat northbridge? Sheesh.
Is this cause for an RMA? Or is this a common problem? I did a search, pulled up 213 threads from the last 2 years and didn't see anything related.
Any thoughts, comments, please post 'em.